The Commission on the Status of People with Disabilities was established on the 29th
November, 1993 by the Minister of Equality of Law Reform, Mervyn Taylor, TO., with the
following terms of reference:
1. To advise the Government on practical measures necessary to ensure that
people with a disability can exercise their rights to participate, to the fullest
extent of their potential, in economic, social and cultural life.
2. To examine the current situation of people with a disability and the
organisation and adequacy of existing services, both public and voluntary, to
meet their needs.
3. To make recommendations setting out necessary changes, in legislation,
policies, organisation, practices and structures to ensure that the needs of
people with disabilities are met in a cohesive, comprehensive and cost effective
way.
4. To establish the estimated costs of all recommendations made, and
s. To report to the Government within a period of two years from the date of its
establishment.

Commission on the Status of People with Disabilities, 1996. A strategy for equality. Dublin: Commission on the Status of People with Disabilities.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10147/560531

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The Commission on the Status of People with Disabilities was established on the 29th
November, 1993 by the Minister of Equality of Law Reform, Mervyn Taylor, TO., with the
following terms of reference:
1. To advise the Government on practical measures necessary to ensure that
people with a disability can exercise their rights to participate, to the fullest
extent of their potential, in economic, social and cultural life.
2. To examine the current situation of people with a disability and the
organisation and adequacy of existing services, both public and voluntary, to
meet their needs.
3. To make recommendations setting out necessary changes, in legislation,
policies, organisation, practices and structures to ensure that the needs of
people with disabilities are met in a cohesive, comprehensive and cost effective
way.
4. To establish the estimated costs of all recommendations made, and
s. To report to the Government within a period of two years from the date of its
establishment.

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Commission on the Status of People with Disablities.

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PEOPLE WITH A DISABLITY

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GOVERNMENT

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EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

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ORGANISATION

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SOCIAL INCLUSION

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A strategy for equality: report of the Commission on the Status of People with Disabilities

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Report

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